Li Rusong's fighting for military exploits was unique in the army. Just like Xiao Ruxun's three unique skills, Li Rusong also had three widely circulated skills in the army — —
The first was to charge and break through the enemy lines in Daming, which even Xiao Ruxun did not dare to compete with. His charge and break through the enemy lines was famous for Daming, and he deserved the title of the most ferocious man in Daming. Xiao Ruxun admitted his inferiority.
The first was to fight for military exploits, which was also famous for. For a little military exploits, he could resolutely ignore the merits of other local troops reaching the top of the city wall first and brazenly occupy them. His desire for military exploits could be said to have reached the peak. Of course, it was self-evident that the military generals under his command in Liaodong were the driving force.
Then there was the first was to protect his own people and exclude foreigners. The poor popularity of Liaodong in Daming was also obvious to everyone.
Therefore, although Li Rusong was famous and fierce in fighting, he had always been unpopular. He could not drive troops from different places to fight together like Xiao Ruxun and maintain relative harmony and stability until the end of the war. This had always been something that Li Rusong could not do.
In fact, it could not be said that Li Rusong did not want to do this, but he could not do it. The military generals of Liaodong were formed during the period of Li Chengliang. They followed Li Chengliang and worked hard to start the business. Now Li Chengliang was rich and old, and the power was passed on to Li Rusong.
When Li Rusong took over the family business, he faced his father's generation of meritorious family generals, all of whom had outstanding meritorious service and worked hard. Li Rusong was the leader of the Liaodong military generals, but he was actually kidnapped by the Liaodong military generals.
He needed to strive for the greatest benefits for the Liaodong military generals to satisfy these meritorious military generals. Otherwise, the people's hearts would be scattered, and the Li family would not be far from the end.
To put it bluntly, Li Rusong fought on the battlefield until his death. He had been seeking benefits for the Liaodong military generals and cleaning up Li Chengliang's mess all his life. To think more deeply, Li Rusong was a good successor, but not a good founder. He could only win people's hearts with benefits, but could not really control them.
This was what Li Rusong really admired about Xiao Ruxun. However, Li Rusong also privately speculated that the brand-new Burmese family of generals of the Xiao family founded by Xiao Ruxun would also make Xiao Ruxun distressed when Xiao Ruxun faced the problem of inheritance in the future. At that time, it would be a problem whether Xiao Ruxun's successor could be grasped well.
After all, in the face of benefits, people's desires were very terrible. No matter how many people came, they would eat all. Their appetites were infinite, and there were very few people who could control their desires.
Of course, Li Rusong went to war with all his elites. It was not only to save Li Chengliang, but also for military achievements. Li Rusong had been guarding Liaodong for three years. He originally wanted to stop the army and rest the people, so that everyone could recover their strength. However, the Liaodong military generals who were eager for military achievements were always eager for war.
Therefore, the difference between the Liaodong military faction and the whole Ming Dynasty Army faction was the strong desire for fighting and military achievements. This prompted Li Rusong to fight until his death. This was also the saddest thing about Li Rusong. Perhaps from the moment he took over Li Chengliang's torch, it meant that his fate was doomed.
He was a sad general who was destined to die soon.
But this was not necessarily the best ending for him.
It was just that Xiao Ruxun really did not want to see Li Rusong die like this. His life was very important to Xiao Ruxun, not only out of selfishness, but also out of more practical considerations. The only person who could balance the forces in Liaodong and let Xiao Ruxun free his hands to plan the capital was Li Rusong. Only Li Rusong could suppress Nurhachi and make him obediently be a dog.
However, it was difficult for Xiao Ruxun to guarantee that he could change Li Rusong's fate. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun decided to save a hand no matter what. Therefore, he chose to keep Nurhachi's eldest son, Chu Ying, by his side in case of emergencies.
But as long as it was possible, Xiao Ruxun still hoped that Li Rusong could be alive and play a greater role. At least, as long as he was alive, the Mongolians and Jurchen people in Liaodong would never be able to grow.
The short sound of war drums suddenly rang out. Xiao Ruxun gave the order to release the whistling arrows. Three whistling arrows flew up into the sky and exploded. Very soon, clear and audible battle cries came from the other side of the valley.
Daming's strongest cavalry unit at present, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, went out to fight.
Wearing helmets and armor, Li Rusong rushed to the forefront with his soldiers and continued his great cause as always. He led his soldiers to rampage and kill in all directions. In his eyes, all the enemies were just people who wanted to sell their heads. In the eyes of others, the fierce and powerful Mongolian armored cavalry was just like clay chickens and pottery dogs, which could be defeated with one strike. Not only him, but the whole Liaodong army thought so.
At this moment, Hercules no longer had any doubts. This was a trap set by the Han people, and he was the idiot who led the main force into it and did not know that he was going to die. This was clearly a trap. It was obvious that only by concentrating the troops to charge at the mouth of the valley could they have a chance of survival. But he ordered his soldiers to attack the mountains on both sides.
Now, the troops were cut into two by the Ming Army cavalry who rushed in from both sides of the valley. There was no chance of survival.
He did not rush up the mountain, but the place where he was soon became the target of the Ming Army cavalry. He could even see the faces of the fierce Ming Army cavalry and the long knives in their hands.
Hercules was beheaded. He was beheaded by a general of the Ming Army. When his head fell, blood spurted out like a well. The headless body swayed a few times and crashed to the ground. The desolate sound of the horn no longer existed. This also signaled the collapse of the Northern Barbarians army.
At this point in the battle, there was no longer any suspense. Under the double attack of the Han cavalry of Liaodong and the elite Jurchen cavalry, the Northern Barbarians were completely defeated. In front of them was the well-trained infantry and artillery soldiers of the Ming Army, and behind them was the ferocious charging Ming Army cavalry. With a pincer attack from both sides, the battlefield quickly became a slaughterhouse.
Under the guidance of Xiao Ruxun's Three Lights Policy, those who did not throw down their weapons and beg for mercy on the battlefield were all killed. Not a single one was left alive to reduce the burden of the army. If he wanted to take prisoners, he would inform them in advance. Otherwise, the army's food supply would become a big problem.
Although there was no shortage of food at the moment, Xiao Ruxun was ordering the cooks' army unit to do their best to make pancakes as food reserves. He was preparing to lead the elite cavalry to the north to attack the grasslands. In this way, a large amount of food reserves would be needed. The possibility of fighting on the grasslands was not very high, so food was very important.
Li Rusong and the others led the cavalry in killing for a while. The sporadic resistance of the Northern Barbarians disappeared. At this time, it was only three hours since the battle began. The corpses of the Northern Barbarians were piled up in the valley. Blood flowed like a river, and the stench of blood filled the air. Fortunately, Xu Guangqi did not follow. Otherwise, he would have been scared silly by such a scene.
"The Jurchen are barbarians beyond the Great Wall. It is unexpected that the Liaodong cavalry is so bloodthirsty."
Wang Hui followed behind Xiao Ruxun to inspect the Purgatory Battlefield that was filled with rivers of blood, and he couldn't help but sigh.
How could it not be a horrifying scene with tens of thousands of corpses piled up here?
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